John Kelly is reportedly eyeing the exit and called the White House 'a miserable place to work'

White House Chief of Staff John Kelly reportedly called
the White House "a miserable place to work."

Kelly is one of several officials considering leaving
the White House, according to a report from The New York
Times.

White House Chief of Staff John Kelly called the White House
under President Donald Trump "a miserable place to work",
according to a new report from The New York Times.

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Kelly, who apparently made the remark to a group of visiting
senators, is one of several officials reported to be considering
leaving Trump's staff in the near future.

Trump is not worried about the turnover that is "expected to
become an exodus after the November elections", according to the
report, and prioritizes getting rid of people who are in the way
of his priorities and repositioning people he favors, instead of
hiring new people.

Former Chief Strategist Steve Bannon told The Times the uncertain
environment in the White House is a deliberate move by Trump, as
the former reality TV star prefers to govern with "drama, action,
emotional power."

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Kathryn Dunn Tenpas, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution
and an expert on White House turnover, told The
Times that Trump's staff turnover rate is tracking higher than
his predecessors' and now stands at 51%.

Trump is increasingly calling and consulting outside advisers,
which Tenpas told the Times can mean "emasculation" for the chief
of staff as his authority with the president is worn down.

"It seems as though Chief of Staff Kelly is losing power by the
day," Tenpas told The Times. "It's almost like a battery that's
draining. I've not seen any presidency operate effectively
without putting somebody in there that you respect and you can
trust."

Rumors have swirled for months that the president and the former
Marine Corps general have had a tense relationship, and Kelly
was once reported to call Trump an "idiot" based on accounts by
several officials.